Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green will represent the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Green "recently accepted" an invitation to play for Team USA, Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated reported Monday.
USA Today's Jeff Zillgitt confirmed the report Saturday.
It will mark the 26-year-old's first Olympics and first experience playing international basketball.
A second-team All-NBA selection, Green averaged 14.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game during the 2015-16 regular season. He helped guide the Warriors to a record 73 regular-season wins before they fell short in an epic seven-game series in the NBA Finals against LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Cavs came back from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals thanks in part to Green being suspended for Game 5 after he hit James in the groin.
James has been part of the last three Team USA Olympic rosters, but he opted to pass on the Rio Games. The 31-year-old has nearly 47,000 NBA minutes on his body, and he's coming off his sixth straight Finals appearance.
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Draymond Green Reportedly Accepts Invite to Play in Rio 2016 Olympics
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